After a promising start, Nashville's Blades Brown had a rocky finish as he missed the cut in his first tournament as a professional golfer at the 2025 American Express.

After making his pro debut, 17-year-old Blades Brown falls one spot short at the Farmers Insurance Open qualifier, missing the event.

Blades Brown turned pro even though he can not vote, yet he proved it was the right decision at The American Express.

I’m not an artist, but I’m an artist on the putting green,” the teen golfer said after achieving his history-making score

At eight under for the tournament, Brown trails co-leaders Charley Hoffman and Rico Hoey by eight shots. Oddly, Hoffman, who is 31 years Brown’s senior, was the U.S. team captain when Brown played in the 2024 Junior Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal.

Follow live updates as Brentwood Academy golf star Blades Brown, 17, makes his pro golf debut at the PGA Tour American Express Tournament.

Nashville’s Blades Brown, 17, enters the third round of his pro golf career after making 10 birdies in Friday's round at the PGA Tour American Express

In 2022, Parke Brown – Blade’s father – was given a somber diagnosis of bone cancer that carried with it a life expectancy of only a few months. After undergoing more test, doctors instead determined Parke had Hairy Cell Leukemia—a rare form of the disease that can’t be cured but is treatable with chemotherapy and frequent blood monitoring.